Owner's Manual

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PowerEdge systems has been included with the DTK tools. The utility
partition image carries hardware diagnostics for PowerEdge systems
and can be installed on a partition of the hard disk.
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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS - FIXES
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INSTALLATION
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For complete installation instructions, see the "Dell OpenManage
Deployment Toolkit User's Guide."
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UPGRADING
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When upgrading from a previous release (1.x) of the DTK, ensure that
you create the new DTK version 2.x environment separately from your
previous version of DTK. This step is necessary because the
environments and requirements for DTK version 2.x are completely
different.
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USER NOTES
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This section provides information that can help enhance your
experience with the DTK.
* The sample scripts are provided as examples for customers that want
to develop their own deployment process. Some customers may find
that the scripts work well in their environment, while some
customers may need to develop their own scripts entirely from
scratch. Customers deploying multiple systems need to provide unique
information for each server when appropriate. For example, system
host names, IP addresses, and BIOS asset tags need to be unique for
each system. The batch scripts and configuration files need
to be modified to reflect the unique information for each system
being deployed. Many options are available to optimize this
process.
* A system profile generated on a specific Dell PowerEdge system can
be used to deploy only similar system models. For example, a
system BIOS configuration profile generated for an optimally
configured PowerEdge 1850 system can be used to deploy only
similarly configured PowerEdge 1850 systems.
* The "sshd" port is left open on the server after the DTK CD is